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Do I have a problem? Yes. Is it cheaper than therapy? Also yes.
#WLW#fanfic#WLW tv#motherland fort salem#the wilds#Leatin#Shoni#Avatrice#warrior nun#teenage bounty hunters#sapphic tv show
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“Water.” Nicte brings her forefinger, middle finger, and ring finger to her chin and taps a few times. “It’s basically the sign for ‘W’, with a little emphasis.”
-Then, Now, and Always Chapter 5: Idaho
Art by the immensely talented @prose-n-scripts
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❧ Summary: In a dimly lit hotel bar, Daemon and Rhaenyra meet for the first time, for the umpteenth time.
Or: A Daemyra Modern AU featuring Infidelity, Exhibitionism, Elevator Sex | 4.9k Words | Explicit
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#daemyra#daemon targaryen#rhaenyra targaryen#my writing#nasty people fuck nasty ♥#fanfics#named after an iconic song from the motherland
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Ok I've finally finished this. If you like to dabble in an occasional old fandom I have written a new story for the Carmilla fandom, even though it's an old thing now. If you enjoy a fluffy, angsty vampire adventure then.. well first watch actual Carmilla.. probably every adaption. But when that still isn't enough you might like my story. Also I made that gif and I'm re-using it now^
While we are here I have a Raylla fic for fans of motherland fort salem up. It's pretty ok in the sense that people seem to like it.
#carmilla webseries#carmilla#fanfic#hollstein#wlw fic#wlw fluff#wlw angst#lesbian vampire#raylla#motherland fort salem
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More evidence that Alder would have done gangbusters focusing on espionage: Petra notes in 2x4 that "Intelligence does often have a hard time keeping track of the General's comings and goings." Literally the person in charge of keeping track of information and shit says that Alder and her Biddies were giving them the slip all of the time over the decades. It's like the inverse of the Marshal being able to hunt anyone down, Alder is able to slip the leash when she wants. Which kind of goes against the popular fanon of Alder being stuck in meetings and in the unavoidable public eye all of the time, and finding it a burden. It turns out, Alder not only made a habit of getting around surveillance, but the other side of that coin is that what publicity/propaganda/speeching/posters/etc. she did do was of her own desire. If she didn't want to be a public face, she could choose to avoid it all. (To where when Nicte forced her into the Warding Circle and Petra appeared to make announcements with Silver instead, it was notable by everyone, a duty that Alder relinquished reluctantly.)
#motherland fort salem#sarah alder#reinforcing my headcanon that alder makes passionate speeches at the drop of a hat!#category: tv#I've noticed a lot of moments where both alder and other brass pointedly ignore the possibility of demilitarization as a viable strategy#she does not entertain the idea of integration as a goal; whether with conventional military forces or in the civilian population#there is never any desire from them for the government to stop wielding them#in fact most of their chafing is against others trying to hold them back from carrying out more operations#this is obviously the show making a point about the US's modern foreign policy in the WOT era#which can clash with fandom's instincts; see again my comparison to star wars prequel era fanfic#and its tendency to valorize giving the jedi order and/or militant mandalorians more power as the way to solve things#when the actual source material is deeply ambivalent about it#whoops I accidentally a word vomit#example when silver asks if they can keep penelope safe they never say 'well maybe stop sending us into war'#or 'hey maybe dissolve the accords so they don't have to be conscripted'#instead they seem to take deep offense to the idea that witches should not serve#the brass is all hard into the militarism kool-aid#it's not just magical enforcement either; since they could exploit legal loopholes like tally's dispensation if they wanted to#they don't want to#and tbqh they're more interesting characters to be that way#for them to actually believe it and to not lay the blame at the feet of other entities#I believe in women's wrongs
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After an absence that doesn't rival my longest hiatus, but was still pretty long, I'm finally posting fic again
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Follow the sun
Witch Sarah alder x fem! Princess reader
Warning: sadness, grief, heartbreak, protection, spells use, depression themes, anxiety, mother & daughter relationship,fluff, song lyrics included in etc.
A/n: this is based on the TV series "the witcher" on Netflix. connections from : tissaia de vries, yeenfer and ciri. I highly recommend you watch the witcher it's a good show:).
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|Kiss me hard before you go|
"Please Sarah no" you cried as you tugged your arm away from her grip. You both stood there staring at eachother with tears in your eyes. You started hyperventilating, Sarah pulled you close to her. Hugging you tightly. Her fingernails slightly scratch against your scalp trying her best to calm you.
"You have to go my child, soilders will be showing up her soon looking for you" she whispered, her voice was scratchy but she tried her best not to make it break. "Y/n my love you have to go. protect yourself" she whispered holding your head with both her hands.
"But what about you" you said beginning to break down in tears. She pulled you back towards her chest cradling you like a baby. She mumbled a soft 'I'll be ok' but you knew too well she won't.
"Promise" you whispered as you leaned back to look at her face, she softly smiled at you before kissing your forehead. 'Promise' she mumbled.
"You are my light y/n, now go, run along, follow the sun" she whispered as she squeezed your hands in reassurance. You felt like crying again but you gaved her a soft kiss on the cheek before backing away from her.
Wiping your tears you spoke" I love you mother" before running off. You could hear Sarah break down as you did but she wanted what's best for you. Even if it means sacrificing herself for your safety.
|I just wanted you to know, that baby your the best|
You kept running and running and running. You've been running none stop. You finally took a break and hid behind a big tree trunk. You then began to have flash backs. Of how your parents were killed, the kingdom was destroyed. You ran far away into the woods and that how you met Sarah. She took you in. Clothed you, fed you, taught you, just like you were her child. She was a mother to you. She was the best.
{9 years later}
| nothing scares me anymore |
You were now queen of Many lands. Sarah made you stronger. You tried looking for her but you never found her. It's been years since you lasted talked to her. Since the time in the woods. You were really young. Now your older and stronger all thanks to Sarah. You never told anyone about your powers that she gaved you. That if you scream too loud glass breaks, can move things with your hands etc. You were a witcher, taught by the very best.
Everytime you went to war you'd always win. You had the biggest army in all of the kingdoms. You wish Sarah was here to see all your hard work, to see how brave you've become. She'd be so proud of you. Proud that you followed the sun. You were the light to her world. Everyday you'd pray that she was alive. That she was watching you from the side lines. That she still existed and that from that day in the forest she had made it out alive.
|Got that summer time summer time sadness|
You stared out the window of you room looking at the blue skies and the happy children playing in the village, people working- suddenly someone cleared their throat. You sighed as you turned around. It was apparently one of your message men. He bowed as he placed a note with a red stamp on your table.
He then bowed again began before leaving. You slowly walked up to the piece of paper, staring down at it in confusion. You picked it up and opened it. The letter read.
- you are my sunshine, the light to my world. You glow brighter than the sun ever has for those past 9 years. - love, ' your mother' . Inside was a small bracelet that you were wearing when the kingdom was attacked, the night of your coronation as a princess. It was a sliver bracelet with three pendants on it. The sun, the moon and the stars. You put the bracelet around your wrist and smiled softly at the letter, tears Started to blur your vision as you knew full well who it was from.
| think ill miss you forever. Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky, later is better than never|
It was your first proper coronation since the attack, and instead of you being crown princess you were being crown queen. At the after party ball there was music, drinks and lots of delicious food but you couldn't fit the vibe. This was just history repeating itself for you. You were filled with fear, anxiety and depression. You excused yourself from the royalty table and went out side on the balcony to get some fresh air.
You went very far away. So far you couldn't even hear the loud music anymore. The cold air dried your tears but more kept coming. You missed your birth parents and you missed the one woman you had that loved and took care of you.
"It's not nice for a queen to be crying on her coronation day" a voice rang from behind you. A female voice, a familiar one. One that always brought you comfort, joy.
You slowly turned around to see Sarah, she still looked the same, beautiful and young, like she hasnt aged. You didn't know how to react. If to be happy, sad angry-, angry? God no. " well I'm not a ghost am i?" She spoke sarcastically.
You chuckled as you ran up to her, she smiled and opened her arms for you. You may have hugged her to hard making you both fall.
" wow, easy tiger" she cooed wiping the stray tears from your cheek. You both got lost in eachother's gaze for a moment before embracing eachother in a warm but loving hug.
" I miss you" you whispered getting up and pulling her with you.
" I know. But I've watched you grow into this brave strong fearless, your majesty" she spoke before bowing, you laughed as you slapped her hand playfully.
" you followed the sun y/n, you went through so much darkness in your life but your still shining my love" she cooed as tears filled her eyes as fast as it did with you.
" remember when that day you said you couldn't do it?" She asked as you hummed it response.
" Well look at you now sweetie, you did it, you survived " she said as she whispered the last two words. You started crying more as she held you against her chest as she did that day. You soon realized how much you've missed being held in her arms.
She kissed your forehead as you pulled away.
" there's so much I wanna say" you said as your voice broke. She pouted as she kissed your nose and squeezed your hands.
" and you will darling but for now enjoy your coronation, it was taken away from you once so this time don't take it away from yourself" she whispered kissing your cheek.
She held you close to her as you both walked back into the castle. You danced and ate and sang and you had a good time with everyone.
Sarah got a room in the castle and became one of your heir, Sarah also opened a magic school to teach young kids about magic and make them as powerful as you. So that in anytime of war the kingdom won't fall, and if one day you passed you leave behind and army of strong, brave people to fight for your legacy.
#fypシ゚viral#fanfic#the witcher#witch#power source#grief#motherland fort salem#sarah alder#princess#queen#fluff#movies#hulu tv#love#cute#marilynthornhilllover#Spotify
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I don’t remember what episode Sarah Alder showed up in Tally’s bedroom like that was a normal thing to do but I started writing this all the way back then and never finished. So if the latter half sucks that’s cause I made myself finish it just to get it out of my notes app.
I Came For You
She opened her door into her dimly lit room. Just one lamp shining a low, warm orange glow against the wall. She hadn’t realized how much stress she had been holding onto when it came to Raelle until she saw her face and took the first deep breath she’d taken in a long while.
It was the exhaustion that made her miss the shadow in the room at first. But as she blinked, hand rising to the light switch, she saw the outline of a figure against the window. Her heart jumped in fear at first until she recognized it. They had been linked once after all.
She flicked the switch and the lights illuminated the dreary room. She stared at the woman, meeting dark eyes and her heart beat hard in her chest as if it was trying to get out, to find its way to where it belonged.
She was taken aback, surprised. She hadn’t thought she would see Alder so soon and the burst of serotonin made her almost woozy. She swallowed past the growing lump in her throat, refusing to let any of it show. She pressed her lips thin. “Well, you really know how to make an entrance.
She shut the door behind her. “Are you here ‘cause Rae’s back?”
“I came for you.”
Her breath hitched in her chest under the intense scrutiny. There was a dark fire burning in those eyes.
Alder stepped closer.
Water welled in Tally’s eyes, and she put a hand out, pointer finger up to stop Alder from moving any closer. “No. No, you don’t get to do this.”
“Tally…”
“No, you made me feel crazy.”
“That wasn’t my intention.” Alder hadn’t taken Tally’s gesture to heart. Her hand reach out, entwining with Tally’s, as she stepped into her space, brushing a piece of her hair, that had fallen in the three witches reuniting, behind her ear. “You’re not crazy.”
Tally couldn’t help but lean into the touch as Alder rested her hand against her cheek, long fingers brushing against her skin. “There is just… so much to do. And we don’t have much time.”
She sucked her teeth between her cheeks and diverted her eyes from those that seemed to look deep within her. “So, let me guess. You need my help to find another piece of the First Song.”
She tried to step around Alder but the woman grabbed her wrist so she couldn’t completely escaped.
The air felt hot.
She stared straight ahead at the window. She wasn’t sure she would be in control of herself if she looked anywhere else.
“Tally.”
“Don’t.” She turned around in a huff, stripping off her sweater and throwing it on the ground.
“Listen to me.” Tally glanced up. Sara pressed her finger under her chin, lifting i up even further. “I came here for you. Not for the first song. For you.”
Tally’s eyes glanced to Sara’s lips and saw the slight upturn, almost mocking as of Sara knew that she’d melt immediately.
Sara stepped forward which was an almost impossible feat seeing as they were already chest to chest. Tally stumbled backward, back hitting the chest of drawers behind her.
Sara’s eyes raked down her body. Tally gulped, eyes wide, full of disbelief that any of this was happening at all. “You came here for… this?”
Tally gasped. Sara’s hot breath ghosted across her neck as her lips trailed down Tally’s neck, leaving wet marks all the way to her collarbone. “Hmmmm. You are a prophetess, after all.”
Tally shivered. Sara’s lips spread into a smile against her skin.
Tally’s hands white knuckle gripped the wood behind her. Sara’s hands at her waist were firmly pinning her in place.
Sara pulled back enough for eye contact, dark eyes reaching Tally’s. “Unless I misread -“
“No,” Tally responded quickly, grabbing at the leather of her long coat. “No, you didn’t.”
“Then what happens next?” Sara said with a searing gaze and a titled smile that sent heat surging up from Tally’s core.
“I don’t need my Sight to answer that.” Tally surged forward, up on her tiptoes, and crashed into the feeling she had been striving to find ever since she was cut from the Biddies.
Sara wasn’t soft. She was hard edges, and rough touches. Her teeth bit into Tally’s skin, sending shivers down her spine.
The back of Tally’s knees hit the edge of the bed and she fell. Sarah dropped her long coat to the ground. “Tally Craven…”
There was no point in pretending that hearing General Alder call her by her full name didn’t affect her beyond propriety. It always had and she had always swallowed her reaction. This time she didn’t need to. She bit her lip, letting her legs part slightly, looking up into Sarah’s face, beckoning.
Sarah’s arms were twisted behind her back. Tally could hear the zipper being pulled. Tally leaned forward, reaching down to the edges of her t-shirt, and with her tongue licking at her lips, pulled it up and over her head. Sarah’s intake of breath was more of hiss than anything else as Tally revealed her bare chest.
“You are my ending.”
Sarah made a sound in the back of her throat and the lock on the bedroom door clicked shut. It hadn’t even occurred to Tally - she was completely swept into Sarah’s orbit. It was an issue she had whenever Alder was present. Everything else faded away.
Sarah dropped her dress to the ground. Tally didn’t know what she had been expecting. Black. Lace. Something along those lines. But Sarah’s underwear and bra were the same gray, taupe of her outerwear. There was nothing skimpy about it but as her eyes dragged up Sarah’s body, the only word that came to her mind was “sexy.”
Sarah stepped out of the dress toward the bed, bending, her hands sinking into the mattress on either side of Tally, bringing their faces within inches on one another.
“Do you want this?” Her emphasis on the “you” was impossible to miss. They had once been connected, mind and body, Tally used to strengthen Sarah. After she had left the Biddies, Tally had wondered herself if her feelings were a lasting effect of that or something more. There was still a part of her that wished to have that back, that closeness. But this was something different entirely. Her entire body buzzed with anticipation. Heat coiled in her belly and the wet warmth between her legs was impossible to ignore. None of that was part of being a Biddie. Tally had fallen in too deep with Alder in a multitude of ways.
“Please.”
Sarah’s head dropped and Tally’s fell back as goosebumps erupted on her skin under Sarah’s wet lips as she left open mouthed kisses across her chest. She kissed over the swell of Tally’s breast, tongue flicking against a nipple. Tally gasped as she pulled it between her teeth, gently biting it.
Her head snapped forward and she caught Sarah’s devious eyes, looking up at her from her ministrations. She kept the eye contact as she moved down, over Tally’s trembling and twitching stomach - she couldn’t tell if it was nerves, anticipation, or a bit of both.
Sarah’s tongue licked up the inside of Tally’s thigh, and she couldn’t suppress the giggle that escaped her mouth. She was ticklish and apparently the arousal wasn’t enough to overcome that.
“Hmmmm.” Was Sarah’s only response. Teeth nipped lightly at her skin and her fingers clenched, twisting the comforter between them.
“Tally, careful.” The vibration of her lips against Tally’s clit did nothing to help matters. She had never thought about it, her voice as her magic, what would happen if she used it unconsciously. But she did feel as if there was a liquid under her nails and look down to see a shiny silver stream of light flowing from her fingers.
The calmness in Sarah’s eyes didn’t seem to call impending doom, so she wasn’t concerned enough not to focus on where Sarah’s tongue currently was. A breathy, low, “fuck,” escaped her lips. This was nothing like Beltane.
Nothing against Gerit but that had been purely lust built by the atmosphere they had been engulfed in. Besides, remembering Beltane, she couldn’t help but remember Sarah with her hair down, her tight corset, her bare shoulders. Tally laughed, hand clamping quickly over her mouth.
Sarah’s ministrations paused. “Are you alright?”
She caught her breath, stomach twitching from laugher. “I’m sorry.”
“About?”
“Thinking about how sexy you looked at Beltane when you’re right here in front of me.”
Sarah smiled and wiped Tally’s slick from the corner of her mouth. “I remember your excitement from that day. How does it hold up?”
“It doesn’t.” And in a rare fit of daring, Tally reach out to press Sarah’s head back down.
She gasped loudly, breath sucking into her lungs. Everything was always ruined.
“Tally?”
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
Arms snaked across her body, between sheet and bare skin. Lips dragged up her shoulder the back of her neck. Hot breath whisked against her skin. “Tally.”
“I — I can’t help you.”
“With the First song? You’re the only one who can help me, Tally.”
“Something is coming… with Raelle.”
Fingers pressed against her cheek, turning her face. In the darkness it was hard to see Sarah’s features. Her dark eyes disappearing in the night. There was a moment in which she was surprised Sarah was there at all; as if the night had been a dream. And then her shallow breaths caught up to her and she gasped again.
Sarah’s thumb stroked her cheeks. “What did you See?”
The vision had been enmeshed in a dream. It was hard to parse details. “A Witchbomb. The end of the world.”
She ran her hands through her hair, getting caught in tangles. Sarah took her hand and squeezed it in her own, kissing her knuckles.
Tally was frantic in Sarah’s calm. “I need to stop it.”
“We shall.” Sarah said, her voice a mix of what Tally had come to know. Alder now softened by being in bed. “I came for you for more than one reason, Tally Craven.”
“Oh.” Her heart dropped even lower in her chest. Her fear of what was to come mixing with what now seemed trivial. But it didn’t stop an emptiness from beginning to grow between her ribs and her heart.
“Neither more important than the other.”
Tally scoffed, for some reason becoming aware that she wore nothing. She could make out the hint of Sarah’s smile in the dark. What hurt the most was the it wasn’t hiding anything. They both knew that statement to be false, but the sentiment was understood.
“This really was real then.”
“You are the beginning and you are my end.”
The shift wasn’t lost on Tally. There was something of a sadness in the words, different from the night before. Tally wondered how much she could actually See, and what Sarah Alder already knew.
#my fic#motherland fort salem#talder#tally x alder#sarah alder#tally craven#talder fanfiction#talder fanfic
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Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Motherland: Fort Salem (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Raelle Collar/Scylla Ramshorn, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Abigail Bellweather & Raelle Collar & Tally Craven Characters: Raelle Collar, Scylla Ramshorn, Tally Craven, Abigail Bellweather, Anacostia Quartermaine, Byron (Motherland: Fort Salem), Porter (Motherland: Fort Salem), And more to come in upcoming chapters including a certain General, The Dossier (if Nancy says it's a character it's a character), Glory Moffett, Gregorio Shellbark, Willa Collar (mentioned) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Slow Burn, Scylla Ramshorn Needs a Hug, But so does Raelle, A little bit of politics cause that can be fun too, Worldbuilding, Drama & Romance, Romantic Comedy, Angst and Fluff and Smut, (eventually lol), Happy ending but they’re going to have to work for it! Summary:
Scylla is the enchanting queen of the small isolated kingdom of Eyanland, an island off the coast of Norway. Raelle is a young, brilliant doctor, invited by the crown to honor her mother’s legacy and receive an award in her name.
They don't know it yet, but the night they meet their lives will change forever.
+ The Playlist: The Weight of Duty
Chapter 9 is up. We’re going FULL ROMANTIC COMEDY SHENANIGANS.
#raylla#motherland fort salem#fanfic#my fic#raelle collar#scylla ramshorn#raelle x scylla#motherland fort salem ff
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Underneath the Mistletoe [ rating: T | words: 1883 ]
Though Petra genuinely believed she could ignore Alder’s gravitational pull, eventually she'd be at its mercy much like the planets are to the Sun’s.
[loosely set during 3x04]
art by @shinkomiii [ig • twitter] commissioned by me [posted on twitter & instagram]
literally this art had me on the floor before she even finished it. The sneak peeks she sent had me dying. like omfg these two just look so good together. I ended up writing this fanfic after seeing the art, idk the way she drew them inspired me dkjsgfa I adore her style
#fanfic#alweather#sarah alder#petra bellweather#motherland fort salem#lyne renée#catherine lough haggquist#idk how i like the formating of this post lmao
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⭐ for the fic writer's ask!
Ah, a behind the scenes for Then, Now, and Always. Let's see....
Oh I know! I'll unpack the scene that got me the most negative feedback I've ever received on anything I've written: The Duel from Chapter 25: Battle of the Goddesses.
(I haven't talked about Then, Now, and Always in like a month, so be prepared for an essay.)
I thought up the silent Tally/enraged Alder epic duel very early on in the drafting process. Literally, it's in the first, very very rough draft in my docs, which is about 15 pages long and half-summary, half- little bites of scenes.
The reason I wanted them to have The Duel is twofold:
It's genuinely the most tragic thing I could think of for two people who love(d) each other. Y'know? Like Anakin and Obi-Wan on Mustafar. Badass scene, but you're fully aware of the tragedy all the way through. It's supposed to hurt that these two women who once loved each other are now on opposite sides of a war and forced to do battle.
2. I thought it would be fucking awesome.
Part of the inspiration of Then, Now, and Always was this scene:
Tally Craven's hottest scene in the whole show imo. What was I gonna do, give her an enhanced witch baton and not let her use it to full effect? And who else was she going to fight who mattered? It had to be Alder.
Also, Alder's headbutt was dumb. You can quote me on that.
Look, if nothing else, Alder and Tally fight in the actual show. And that fight is important, it does have narrative and thematic relevance, and there is a damn good reason it happened. Unfortunately, that fight is also LAME. Seriously, it is the lamest thing ever! And not even because Tally gets her ass kicked in seconds! The scene is shot cleverly, with perspective shifts and quick camera cuts to veil the fact that the actors and stunt doubles aren't really doing that much. It's the only time we see an actual scourge battle that might have given some indication as to why it's the weapon of choice for witches and why witches make such deadly soldiers. And then it's five seconds long and nothing special.
So I wanted to write a cool fight scene for the fic. Not a spar, by the way. Sparring scenes are popular in fiction, but I personally think they're pointless (unless the author is trying to accomplish something unserious). Literally, a spar is a fake fight. A fascimile. It isn't real. I wanted to write something very, very real. And that led to a lot of the narrative wrapping around making Battle of the Goddesses possible.
Someone on Discord posted during a TNAA discussion "Oh Alder would never hurt Tally." The thing about that is a.) canonically, she can and she has, and b.) For Then, Now, and Always, that's actually not an unreasonable assertion to make. Alder is carrying one hell of a torch. Therefore, I had to make Alder angry enough to actually fight Tally with no holds barred and every intention of beating her.
And that ended up making Chapter 24: Judgment, what it is. In that same very early doc, I had this Petra line.
Literally, that's all. I had no idea where I'd put it or for what reason, but it felt important. I knew about the Ozarks twist from the start, so I knew that someone had to call out Alder for her judgment eventually. Then I realized that, since my plan when I started drafting TNAA was to fix everything, including mandatory freaking conscription of a persecuted minority group, I had the perfect, perfect opportunity to make Alder vicious enough to kill.
Tally's trying dissolve the Salem Accords. That was her endgame the whole time.
Now Alder's angry enough to fight to the death and make the duel truly epic, Tally's goal is much broader, the fic has the chance to move into deeply philosophical, big-picture territory, and I get a pair of dope-ass chapters out of it. Eight birds, one stone. I was so happy.
Zooming back out, I think part of the reason a lot of folks were upset by Battle of the Goddesses pertains to my theory that fanfiction is like ice cream. Easy to eat, requires no effort, delicious and instantly satisfying. The main romantic pairing isn't supposed to fight each other to the literal death, even if it's fucking awesome and deeply symbolic. Duels/battles/wars between two love interests are common fare in sci-fi/fantasy because of their intense thematic and narrative heft, but not in fanfic. That's serving roasted sweet potatoes and kale at an ice cream parlor. It's too much for a lot of readers.
Finally, I think a lot of readers were upset about Alder losing the fight. Here's the thing:
It's not interesting if she wins.
Just like it's not interesting if Goliath beats David or if Jamal doesn't win the jackpot in Slumdog Millionaire. It's a story. The underdog has to win against all odds by their cleverness and mettle. Yes, I too, am sad that Sarah Alder's trauma was never addressed. She's a traumatized, damaged victim of the narrative and her story is a tragedy, start to finish. I think a big draw of the Talder ship is that it allows us to protect and humanize Alder in a way the show never did. Few people want to see her be the victim of even more pain in fic.
This doesn't change the fact that General Sarah Alder is brutal, unyielding, and violent. She's a three hundred year old soldier and her entire existence is war. She is not a good person. To defang her without earning it would be OOC. Trauma doesn't make good people. Healing makes good people. And there's no indication in canon that Sarah Alder has healed in any way, shape, or form.
If you've read this all the way til the end, that's very kind of you. Thanks for letting me ramble!
Why her character arc in Then, Now, and Always really doesn't start until Arc III lmao. When Alder is on her knees, defeated and disgraced, but instead of Petra and Tally going for the kill like they did in the show, they both offer a hand to help her back up. Alder heals because she's given the chance to do so by the people around her. Because I chose to not, y'know, immediately kill her off after tearing her from her pedestal. Genuinely, I have lost so much sleep over all of the amazing, transformative character work the show had in its damn lap and chose to ignore.
#talder#fanfic#nomi--sunrider#then now and always#tally craven#motherland: fort salem#sarah alder#asks
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Motherland: Fort Salem (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sarah Alder/Tally Craven, Sarah Alder & Tally Craven Characters: Sarah Alder (Motherland: Fort Salem), Tally Craven Additional Tags: food fic Summary:
It turns out the key to Sarah Alders heart is in her stomach.
#talder week#talder#tally x alder#motherland freeform#sarah alder#tally craven#ao3feed#ao3 fanfic#ao3 writer
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I write some stuff on Ao3 as No_Dominion. All wlw.
https://archiveofourown.org/users/No_Dominion/pseuds/No_Dominion
Right now working on a Carmilla hollstein fic and I have a whole raylla one already up. Can’t seem to resist fluff and angst so if that’s your jam you can find here!
I don’t know tumblr etiquette as I haven’t been here since like 2016 so SORRY. Working on it. Let me know if I’m a nightmare I will change for you <3
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The fanfic: Tally's first thought in any situation is of Alder Tally in the show: Oh, you're getting poisoned and fainting and shit? What does this mean for Raelle?
#motherland fort salem#L M A O#tally: oh you're back. you're a mushroom now? what does this mean for raelle?#tally: hey what are you doing? the first song? what does this mean for raelle?#tally: the mother? the fuck? that bitch took raelle????#category: tv#the fanfic: and Tally and her mom are estranged; she's all about Alder 200%#tally in the show: oh you're sick? getting weaker? need to get back to fort salem? yeah I'm out. off to see mom. kthxbye#not tagging this femslash because L O L#literally the scene in 3x5 goes like this!#alder: *visibly looking like shit* It's getting worse.#tally: raelle tho??????#alder: bitch am I chopped liver to you?
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Chapters: 18/? Fandom: Motherland: Fort Salem (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sarah Alder/Tally Craven Characters: Sarah Alder (Motherland: Fort Salem), Tally Craven Additional Tags: Romance, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Fix-It, Tally and Sarah try a lot of food, And they also process their trauma, Slow Burn Summary: Life back at Fort Salem starts to wear on Tally.
#talder#tally craven#sarah alder#motherland fort salem#my writing#mg writes fanfic#mg writes fanfiction
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Introduction to me
I've been writing fanfiction for the last decade and posting on Ao3 for the last few years, I mostly write for wlw ships but I have done a few fics for wlm ships as well. I love a good fake dating plot or secret relationship plot.
My most used tags are "Idiots in love" and "fluff" and "angst"
I tend to lean towards more fluffy stories but have on occassion written smut, it's not something I put myself into a position to write but will write if the plot calls for it.
Fandoms:
Motherland: Fort Salem
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Warrior Nun
Willow (TV, 2022)
Leverage (TV, 2008)
NCIS
The Librarians (TV, 2014)
The Orville (TV)
The Hunger Games series - All Media Types
Lost Girl (TV)
Mean Girls (2024)
Supergirl (TV, 2015)
The Rookie (Tv, 2018)
StarGate SG-1
My Ao3
I will be posting links to all of my fics and maintaining a Masterlist for all of my fanfiction as well as taking requests here from tumblr. Please check my Request Rules before making a request.
#ao3 fanfic#fanfiction#motherlans fort salem#star trek: strange new worlds#warrior nun#willow 2022#leverage#ncis#the librarians#the orville#the hunger games#lost girl#mean girls 2024#supergirl#fanfiction writer#The Rookie#the rookie fanfiction#supergirl fanfiction#the hunger games fanfiction#ncis fanfiction#the orville fanfiction#lost girl fanfiction#the librarians fanfiction#willow fanfiction#leverage fanfiction#warrior nun fanfiction#motherland: fort salem fanfiction#star trek: strange new worlds fanfiction#StarGate SG-1#StarGate SG-1 Fanfiction
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